Prepare your heart for our Sunday Morning Gathering by looking through these suggestions that will assist you in making the most of our time together.
You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.
Sermon Text for Sunday: Acts 2:42-47
Critically Think
- Read Acts 2:42-47
- What are the different elements of congregational worship included in this passage?
- What is the breaking of bread referring to? Is this a general meal, the Lord’s Supper, or something else?
- What does it mean to have everything in common?
- How often was this group of believers meeting?
- How soon after salvation were many of these believers participating in these elements of worship? See Acts 2:40-41.
- What distinction might there be between the “everyone” of verse 43 and the “All the believers” of verse 44? Are these the same groups or different groups?
- By what means is the growth of this congregation attributed?
Prayerfully Meditate
- What distinguishes Christian fellowship from fellowship of the world? Explain. Support your answer with scripture.
- What ways do you see unity among the believers described in this passage?
- What emphasis is added by saying they “devoted” themselves to these elements? What is the meaning of devotion here? Compare with Acts 6:4, Romans 12:12, and Colossians 4:2.
- How does this passage speak to the importance of hospitality among believers?
- Would you describe yourself as devoted to teaching, Christian fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer? Why or why not?
- What does it mean to break bread with “glad and sincere hearts?” How could this be done with sad/apathetic and insincere hearts?
Intentionally Act
- Which elements of congregational worship are you possibly neglecting? How might you strengthen your involvement in this area?
- When was the last time you opened your home in hospitality to other members of our church? Consider inviting some members you do not know well over for a meal and fellowship to better get to know them.
- This passage indicates that each of the believers enjoyed the favor of all the people? Are there any people in our church with whom you neglect extending favor/grace? How can you grow in showing favor toward all the congregation?
- Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; practice the songs, study the lyrics and sing together.
- Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Dawson Bryant: music; Mark Krystyniak: elder prayer & scripture reading; Sam Karl: teaching.
Songs for Sunday
Morning Gathering
- Glorious Christ (sheetmusic)
- May the Peoples Praise You (sheetmusic)
- Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed (sheetmusic)
- Oh the Deep, Deep Love (sheetmusic)
- O Church of Christ, Invincible (sheetmusic)
Lyrics
Lyrics Morning Gathering - ... by Summit Woods Baptist Church